Observation by Oliver Hext: Supernova 2025fvw in NGC 5957

Uploaded by

Oliver Hext

Observer

Oliver Hext

Observed

2025 Apr 07 - 02:58

Uploaded

2025 Apr 08 - 11:14

Objects

NGC5957

Planetarium overlay

Enable overlay
Show stars
Label stars
Show deep sky objects
Label deep sky objects
Show constellation boundaries
Show constellation sticks
Show constellation labels
Show RA/Dec grid

Constellation

Serpens Caput

Field centre

RA: 15^h35^m
Dec: +12°02'
Position angle: -3°25'

Field size

0°35' × 0°40'

Equipment

Seestar S50

Exposure

531 x 10 Seconds

Location

Portsmouth

Target name

Supernova 2025fvw in NGC 5957

Title

Supernova 2025fvw in NGC 5957

About this image

This is supernova 2025fvw, discovered by Koichi Itagaki on March 26, 2025. It lies in the galaxy NGC 5957, located in the constellation Serpens.

Files associated with this observation

NGC5957-Nova-IRCUT-cropAnnotated.jpg (908.1 kB)

Like this image

Andy Wilson, Graham Winstanley, James Weightman, Dominic Ford, Callum Potter, Robin Leadbeater

Comments

Robin Leadbeater, 2025 Apr 10 - 20:05 UTC

Nice catch ! Here is its spectrum compared with the best match from SNID, the supernova identification software confirming it as a type Ia

https://britastro.org/specdb/view_image.php?obs_id=18726

Robin

Oliver Hext

Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.